Garment bag



Sept- 6, 1932 R. c. STROUT 1,875,773

GARMENT BAG Filed March 7. 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l Cl 6 f1 INVENTOR. 6 2040 61577-007."

R. C- 'STROUT Sept. 6, 1932.

GARMENT BAG Filed March 7, 1930' s sheds-sheet 2 INVENTOR. 89M C frwf. BY

R. C. STROUT Sept. 6, 1932.

GARMENT BAG Filed March 7, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 R m m m 190/06 6'. 529w)? BY 6) Patented Sept. 6, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RALPK C. STROUT, 0F WOLLASTON, MASSACHUSETTS, .ASSIGNOR TO THIi. WHITE TAR OOM PANYOF'N-EWJERSEY, A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY eanmanr JBAYLG' Application filed March 7,

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient method of constructing garment bags whereby the edges and corners of the latter may be reinforced by the employment of material integral with the bag.

In accordance with the present invention, 1 provide a novel method of folding the material for constructing a garment bag whereby when the bag is completed, the side, end and corner portions are reinforced by additional thicknesses of material. The corners'of the bag are reinforced by a relatively large number of thicknesses whereby the corners are usually rigid and resistant to wear or damage.

The details of my invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of a bag constructed in accordance with-my invention;

Fig. 2 is a reduced perspective view of the blank from which the bag is constructed;

Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are views similar to Fig. 2 showing successive stages of construction of a portion of the blank of Fig. 2 to form a corner of the bag; and

Fig. 7 illustrates a completed corner portion of the bag.

Referring to Fig. 1, a garment bag 1 constructed in accordance with my invention comprises two sections of material 2 and 3. The section 2 is a relatively narrow strip extending longitudinally of the bag forh-alf of its width, as shown. The section 3 constitutes the remainder of the side of the bag that is illustrated, which may be considered the front of the bag, and also, all of the side of the bag which may be termed the back, and which does not appear in the drawings. The sections 2 and 3 are secured together by a seam 4 extending approximately through the cen- 1930. Serial No. 433,917.

ter of the front of the bag. The seam is formed by overlapping portions fastened by any suitable adhesive such as glue.

The endsof thebag are closed by a top fold or'fiap 5 and a bottom fold or flap'6. The left side of the bag, which is adapted to be opened, is normally closed by a series of successive folds, the outer one 7 of which appears in Fig. 1. These folds are retained in closed position by pivoted metal clips Sthat are suitably secured to the sideof the bag.

The bag is adapted to be supported by a metal'hook '9 that is pivotally secured to a metal plate 10, the latter being suitably riveted to the front of the bag through the top fold 5. T hehook 9 is adapted to be suspended upon any suitable means, such for example as a rod 11.

In constructing the bag, the sections 2 and 3 are connected to form a suitable blank 13 shown in Fig. 2.

The. description of the formation of the bag 1 from the blank 13 will be better understood by reference,-.a-l-so, to Figs. 3 to 7 which illustrate the several stages of construction with particular regard to a portion of the bag. These views illustrate a corner portion of the bag, for example, the lower right-hand corner of the bag of Fig. 1 and they include approximately the material of Fig. 2 that is enclosed by dot-and-dash linestherein.

It will be noted that one portion of the blank 13 is Wider than the remaining portion unequal length whereby their folded end ed e portions will be of unequal width as will c more clearly described.

The first step in the construction of the bag is the folding of the blank 13 along the lines 14, 15 and 16 to produce the fold 17, a portion of which appears in Fig. 3.

The fold 17 is next folded against the wide portion of the blank as illustrated in Fig. 4 and the narrow portion of the blank is then folded over'on line 14 into the position shown in Fig. 5, the fold 17 constituting a re-entrant portionorbellow-s fold of the connected edges of the two sides. The two sides correspond to the front and the back of the bag of Fig. 1.

The end edge portions of the material shown in Fig. 5 and which are ofunequal width, the back edge being the longer, are

next bent upwardly along the line 18 into the positions shown in Fig. 6. This folded material comprises an end portion of the fold 17. The corner of this fold is then bent inwardly along the diagonal line 19 shown in F ig.- 6 and the end fold including the corner folded along the line 19 is then secured in position by suitable adhesive material and the corner portion thus constructed appears as illustrated in Fig. 7.

The bottom fold 6 of the bag, which is thus formed, has four thicknesses of material in the major portion of its width across the bag while the corner formed in the manner described above has from six to twelve thicknesses of material in its several parts. The latter number of thicknesses is found at the extreme corner of the bag which is in part formed by the folding of the re-entrant fold 17 at the side of the bag.

The. top of the bag is closed by the fold 5 with the upper right-hand corner formed in the same manner as that described in connection with the fold 6 and the lower right-hand corner of the bag.

The clips 8 and the hook 9 are secured in position, the left-hand side edges are bent into three successive folds to be engaged by the clips 8 and the bag is ready for use.

Bags constructed in accordance with my invention may be easily and conveniently assembled and the end closures may be formed automatically by suitable apparatus in such manner as to provide end edges of unusual strength together with corner portions comprising relatively large numbers of' thick nesses of material to provide unusual rigidity and strength in those portions that are usually subject to impacts and damage.

I claim as my invention:

1. A garment bag having two side wall members, folds on a side edge and an end edge of said members, one of said folds in cluding an end portion of the other, and a fold comprising a corner of both the including and the included folds, the corner fold beingitself folded within said including fold.

2. A garment bag having two side wall I members, a longitudinal fold adjacent one side edge of one of said members, a transverse fold on one end of said bag, and a fold comprisin a corner of said transverse fold and inclu ing a portion of said longitudinal fold, the corner fold being folded within said transverse fold.

3. A garment bag comprising a frdnt portion and a back portion that are integral-and have a reentrant fold at their connected edge,

members and having a corner'thereof, including a portion of the reentrant fold, folded Within said transverse fold.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this third day of March RALPH o. STROUT.

and an end fold for closing adjacent ends of said front and back portions an having a corner of the'reentrant fold folded within it.

4. A garment bag comprising a front member and a back member connected at adjacent no i 

